Digesting this:
Erykah: Every now and then, you can hear someone who’s able to do that and that changes the course of what’s happening. We all follow along.Rich: Prince.Erykah: Drake.
Rich: Prince.
Erykah: Drake.
― Ned Raggett, Monday, 10 June 2013 20:19 (ten years ago) link
drake love will confound me 4eva
― i didn't even give much of a fuck that you were mod (forksclovetofu), Monday, 10 June 2013 20:20 (ten years ago) link
That part made me very, very sad.
Loved the rest of it tho
― they are either militarists (ugh) or kangaroos (?) (DJP), Monday, 10 June 2013 20:22 (ten years ago) link
xp me too, but it does seem like he's helped to shift the direction of pop/hip-hop/r&b in the last couple years, fbofw
― i don't even have an internet (Hurting 2), Monday, 10 June 2013 20:24 (ten years ago) link
Friend on FB who is a Drake fan agrees with that but admits Kanye probably makes more sense as a comparison point there. But hey, she likes who she likes.
― Ned Raggett, Monday, 10 June 2013 20:28 (ten years ago) link
the BAM show was sweet
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VXRO_T2g3jw
― reggie (qualmsley), Monday, 10 June 2013 20:31 (ten years ago) link
http://ohnotheydidnt.livejournal.com/78517188.htmli should probably feel worse about laughing at the tootsie roll pop linehttp://i.imgur.com/VCBCwOG.png
― i didn't even give much of a fuck that you were mod (forksclovetofu), Monday, 10 June 2013 20:44 (ten years ago) link
http://i.imgur.com/GtlT7yC.png
― ogmor, Tuesday, 10 December 2013 23:51 (ten years ago) link
PUT DOWN THE VINE AND RELEASE A NEW ALBUM!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
― Alfre, Lord Woodard (Eric H.), Tuesday, 10 December 2013 23:54 (ten years ago) link
otm
I really wanted this revive to be even the slighest hint of such.
― an enormous bolus of flatulence (jon /via/ chi 2.0), Tuesday, 10 December 2013 23:55 (ten years ago) link
maybe iz new album artwork?
(...gah....)
― president of the people's republic of antarctica (Arctic Mindbath), Wednesday, 11 December 2013 02:16 (ten years ago) link
that would be horrendous though, even if the music was solid gold.
uuuugh
http://www.theguardian.com/music/2014/may/01/erykah-badu-accused-of-supporting-swaziland-ruler-king-mswati-iii
― socki (s1ocki), Thursday, 1 May 2014 13:52 (ten years ago) link
"all the money that I got from the trip I gave to all the servants in the house."
― Cronk's Not Cronk (Eric H.), Thursday, 1 May 2014 14:04 (ten years ago) link
i am reminded of an ancient tradition, going back to plato
in which artists are crazy idiots
who you should never assume have any idea about anything
even if their art makes them sound like they do
― j., Thursday, 1 May 2014 14:05 (ten years ago) link
...
― socki (s1ocki), Thursday, 1 May 2014 14:08 (ten years ago) link
well it's either that or moral monster dazzled by proximity to power and wealth, take your pick
― j., Thursday, 1 May 2014 14:11 (ten years ago) link
celebs are dum dums but are you suggesting we shouldnt call tehm out for it
― socki (s1ocki), Thursday, 1 May 2014 14:14 (ten years ago) link
no, just that we be less sad about it
because damn
― j., Thursday, 1 May 2014 14:20 (ten years ago) link
we can't decide how we feel.
― socki (s1ocki), Thursday, 1 May 2014 14:20 (ten years ago) link
"U on Twitter tho, oppressing me"
okay lol
― chillin' on an "awesome pretzel" hoagie (DJP), Thursday, 1 May 2014 14:28 (ten years ago) link
that's the part where i was just like
― socki (s1ocki), Thursday, 1 May 2014 14:59 (ten years ago) link
it's funny in itself but as a response to "I'm a Swazi and directly affected by mswati's oppression" it's even better
― marcos, Thursday, 1 May 2014 15:03 (ten years ago) link
marcos you are a true badass
― socki (s1ocki), Thursday, 1 May 2014 15:05 (ten years ago) link
The things humans do when they realize they've done something wrong are amusing and pathetic even when not in the public eye.
― Cronk's Not Cronk (Eric H.), Thursday, 1 May 2014 15:49 (ten years ago) link
https://twitter.com/fatbellybella/status/461898793374728192wooooof
― sitting on a claud all day gotta make your butt numb (forksclovetofu), Thursday, 1 May 2014 16:05 (ten years ago) link
yeah i unfollowed erykah over this. not the swaziland thing, but how dumb she seems about everything else
― k3vin k., Thursday, 1 May 2014 16:44 (ten years ago) link
ugh
― socki (s1ocki), Thursday, 1 May 2014 16:51 (ten years ago) link
PUT DOWN THE VINE TWITTER AND RELEASE A NEW ALBUM!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!― Alfre, Lord Woodard (Eric H.), Tuesday, December 10, 2013 5:54 PM (4 months ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink
― Cronk's Not Cronk (Eric H.), Thursday, 1 May 2014 16:55 (ten years ago) link
:( at all this
― steendriver dysphoria hoos (The Reverend), Thursday, 1 May 2014 19:08 (ten years ago) link
^^^
― Drugs A. Money, Thursday, 1 May 2014 19:17 (ten years ago) link
I saw the initial wave but surprised to see she kept going w/ all this
― ogmor, Thursday, 1 May 2014 20:28 (ten years ago) link
ugh wtf Erykah
― horseshoe, Thursday, 1 May 2014 21:16 (ten years ago) link
it's always seemed to me like she's only on twitter to zing people
― some dude, Thursday, 1 May 2014 21:43 (ten years ago) link
she's only on twitter to zing victims of human rights abuses
― socki (s1ocki), Friday, 2 May 2014 13:02 (ten years ago) link
tbf that's why everyone is on Twitter
― chillin' on an "awesome pretzel" hoagie (DJP), Friday, 2 May 2014 14:10 (ten years ago) link
http://www.vocativ.com/culture/celebrity/ultimate-tyrant-tour-africa/
― sitting on a claud all day gotta make your butt numb (forksclovetofu), Friday, 9 May 2014 14:11 (nine years ago) link
You don't say.
http://www.facebook.com/erykahbadu/posts/10152510846441554
― Cronk's Not Cronk (Eric H.), Thursday, 29 May 2014 15:49 (nine years ago) link
she really should!
― it definitely wasn't designed to be a pants pocket player (stevie), Thursday, 29 May 2014 15:51 (nine years ago) link
x 2
― Look at this joke I've recognised, do you recognise it as well? (forksclovetofu), Thursday, 29 May 2014 15:56 (nine years ago) link
Among other more obvious things, a manager would make sure albums get out a little more often than once every 5 years.
― Cronk's Not Cronk (Eric H.), Thursday, 29 May 2014 16:16 (nine years ago) link
What was that? It's down now.
― The Reverend, Thursday, 29 May 2014 18:00 (nine years ago) link
Bragging about never having had a manager in her whole career (which I don't even know if I buy but).
― Cronk's Not Cronk (Eric H.), Thursday, 29 May 2014 18:02 (nine years ago) link
got a ticket to see her with pharrell
― le goon (J0rdan S.), Thursday, 29 May 2014 18:06 (nine years ago) link
Kedar surely played a manager-type role circa Baduizm
― it definitely wasn't designed to be a pants pocket player (stevie), Thursday, 29 May 2014 18:07 (nine years ago) link
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bYjuEPYzdgU
― Look at this joke I've recognised, do you recognise it as well? (forksclovetofu), Monday, 30 June 2014 16:58 (nine years ago) link
loooool
― Bus Sex Teen Busted After Queef Beef (jon /via/ chi 2.0), Monday, 30 June 2014 17:27 (nine years ago) link
http://lh3.ggpht.com/q36NimezZvrJmsO4UT6qNoeUWDaYHaanX97BTbNFJoDQox6aOWQo-mdLFSN4_VX7m7Ne4-wYk1BTNN217hI=s996
― schlump, Monday, 30 June 2014 17:30 (nine years ago) link
Fuck Jill Scott. She's the smiling, fat black lady that sings about love and non threatening things.
― chaki, Friday, July 20, 2001 8:00 PM (13 years ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink
wow
― jello my future biafriend (roxymuzak), Monday, 6 October 2014 18:56 (nine years ago) link
yeah, fuck black artists who arent edgy or scary!
― StillAdvance, Monday, 6 October 2014 21:18 (nine years ago) link